Receptacle and holder therefor



Feb. 26, 1929. 1,703,516

A. W. DERBY RECEPTACLE AND I IDLDER THEREFOR Filed March 1927 Inventor Augustus W DeYby,

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Patented Feb. 26, 1929.

. 1,703,516 PATENT OFFICE.

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RECEPTACLE-AND normin THEREFOR.

Application filed March 5, 1927. Serial No. 173,143.

My invention relates to receptacles or containers and their holders. More particularly itrelates to a device o'f the above character such that the receptacle is readily removable from the holder and which is thereafter readily opened for the removal of any content such as matches, cli s, or other commodity which may be deposited therein.

It is an object of my invention to provide a l holder for such container which may be secured in any suitable manner to any convenient support, the holder being provided preferably with resilient sides between which the receptacle may be lodged. It is an object of my invention to provide a container which may be readily deposited in place between the sides of the holder and which is provided with resilient elements, as,

for example, on the sides of the receptacle for wedging the receptacle in place. It is also an object to provide a container which is made of two elements, one of which may be inserted within the other, the inner element being provided with yielding sides adapted to be compressed when it is about to be inserted into the outer element, the arrangement being such that when the sides are released the inner element is substantially held in place.

The invention will be readily understood from the following specification and from the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows the device of the invention. 1

Fig. 2 shows the holder, and Fig. 3 shows 85 the receptacle with the inner and outer elements separated.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, in Fig. 1 the holder 3 is shown in the form of a plate folded to form a three-sided con- 00 tainer. A section of the plate is formed to project to one side to form a lug 2 by means of which the holder may be secured inplace to any suitable support 6. It will be seen that the forward terminals of the holder are I curved outwardly for convenience and in order that the container maybe the more readily slid into place, as indicated in Fig. 1. These terminals also have openings 4 formed near the edges so that the container ma be .0 readily seized when it is to be removed rom the holder. I I

Thecontainer, as will be seen b reference to Fig. 3, consists of the outer an the inner elements 5 and 10 respectively which may be ll slid, one into the other, as indicated in 1g -ment 10 being made from much lighter mate- 1. The element 10 is made from a single piece of sheet metal, the edges of which are folded to form the sides 11, 12, 13 and 14. As shown. the sides are not joined along the edges 15. The effect of this arrangement is that the sides 12 and 13 may be compressed by the fingers when the element 10 is to be inserted into the cover 5 so as to clear the sides of the cover. When the sides are released they press against the inner sides of the cover 5 and efiectively hold the element 10 in place.

In the bottom of the element 10 there is formed a spring member 16 designed to press against the inside of the holder, as indicated in Fig. 1 to sustain the container snugly in place. The spring 16, as indicated, is formed with a longitudinal ridge 17 which serves as a reinforcing element. This enables the elerial than would otherwise be the case. Inasmuch as the spring 16 is clit from the metal of the element 10, said element stands over the opening 8 toward which it may be compressed.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A container device of the character described comprising a strip of sheet metal bent to substantially U-shape to form a holder havinga pair of parallel side arms and an intermediate base, saidybase adapted for attachment to a support, and a box adapted for insertion between the arms, said box comprising a sheet metal side, a resilient tongue supported by and projected from the said side adapted for engagement with the inner surface of one of the holder arms and adapted to be inwardly compressed thereby to frictionally retain the box within the holdor, said tongue formed by shearing from the material of said box side and bent outwardly therefrom and then inwardly towards its tip end and adapted when compressed to enter'the opening in the box side provided by 100 its shearing therefrom. 2. A container device of the character described comprising a strip of sheet metal bent to substantially U-shape to form a holde'r having ,a pair of parallel side arms and an intermediate base, said base adapted for attachment to a support, and a box adapted for insertionbetween the arms, said box comprising a sheet metal side, a resilient tongue supported by and projected from the said side adapted for enga ement with the inner surface of one of the older arms and [adapted to be inwardly compressed thereby to frictionally retain the box within the ,5 holder,- said arms being notched in theirend portions'to provide oppositely finger admitting openings for gripping the box for removal from the holder.

' 3. A box adapted for insertion between a pair of supports having a sheet metal side,

a resilient tongue supported by and projected from the said side adapted for engagement with the inner surface of one of the holder arms and adapted to be inwardly compressed thereby to frictionally retain the box within 15 the holder.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of February, 1927.

AUGUSTUS W. DERBY. 

